UK output of chemicals should return to growth in 2014

3:09 PM MDT | March 28, 2014 | Ian Young

Output by the chemical industry in the United Kingdom will likely grow by about 2% in 2014, says Chemical Industries Association (CIA; London) economist Alan Eastwood. Speaking at a press briefing in London yesterday, Eastwood said that the United Kingdom's production of chemicals, excluding pharmaceuticals, had increased progressively throughout 2013 even though overall output was lower last year than in 2012. "It should not be hard for the industry to achieve an increase in production in 2014, despite known plant closures, because production went up in the...